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CPU Installation Procedure
The following illustration shows CPU installation components. Skip this section
when your mainboard has CPU onboard.
Note:
The pin A-1 corner on the CPU and socket is empty.
Follow these instructions to install the CPU:
1.
Pull the CPU socket locking lever away from the socket to unhook it and raise
the locking lever to the upright position.
2.
Match the corner on the CPU marked with an arrow with pin A-1 on the CPU
socket (the corner with the pinhole noticeably missing). Insert the processor
into the socket. Do not use force.
3.
Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of the
socket.
4.
Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU.
5.
Lower the CPU cooling fan/heatsink assembly onto the CPU
6.
Secure the two retention clips
on either side of the
fan/heatsink unit onto the
Socket 462 base.
Fan/heatsink unit
secured to socket
